Thanks. I use the dining table because it's the easiest to clean up. I tried doing this project once on cardboard, but the glue just makes a mess everywhere. I know us wives HATE our kitchen tables to be used for messy projects, but a moist paper towel in between seed-strips cleans perfectly, leaving no trace of the glue or pen behind! :)

I use parchment for lining pans, but if I want to lift something out of a deep pan (like your 9 x 13) I use Reynold's non-stck foil. I just assume the paper won't lay nice and flat when bunched up into the corners. Nicole

Yes she did! Bri's a sweetie........but don't tell anybody, it'll ruin her image!! LOL I cut them in half with an old rotary cutter from my quilting supplies, folded in half (loosely) and they fit perfectly in a Franzia wine box.........which I just happened to have lying around. My cookie sheets and cooling racks sit on top and I can pull out just what I need. I used the roll stuff before and did what Lou said, then put the curl down on the cookie sheet and loaded it up. After the first run through the oven, it didn't curl anymore. That said, the flat is easier. Thanks again, Bri!! Deanna

It was funny..sort of. Most of my cookies have butter in them (apart from meringues) so donÂt stick anyway, and I donÂt care about washing the cookie sheets. (You have to wash the bowls and beaters and everything, so whatÂs a few sheets?) So the only reason I thought I could use the parchment was to be able to slide the delicate spritz off the sheets and onto my flat countertop to cool. Once they are cool they are easy enough to pick up without crumbling. I sprinkled the sheets with water and put the parchment over that, and thought that would give it enough tack. I realized when I pressed the first cookie that it was not going to work. Normally the dough sticks to the metal sheet, you pull up the press and the cookie is on the sheet. But with the parchment, instead when I pulled up the press the parchment just came up. I put a weight on the end and then it just slid around for the second cookie. I thought of taping the sheet down and then removing the tape before putting it in the oven. But with the clock ticking away on the 23rd and many batches to go, I just abandoned the idea and did it the old way. If the parchment were glued down I assume I could not slide the sheet off to cool the cookies on the countertop. But I think the slickness of the parchment, even if it is glued down with something, will not work for cookie press recipes, or any cookie that needs adhesion to the cookie sheet to get it to work. I mention this in case someone in the future is thinking about using parchment for this purpose.